French pianist featured at Monterey Symphony

2:28 AM,
Apr. 18, 2013

Pianist Philippe Bianconi at home in Paris.

Written by

Joe Truskot
jtruskot@thecalifornian.com

French pianist Philippe Bianconi returns to the Monterey Symphony to perform two jewels of the French piano repertoire: Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major and Gabriel Fauré's Ballade, Op. 19. Also on the program conducted by Max Bragado-Darman are Erik Satie's Gymnopédies No.1 & 2 and Paul Hindemith's Symphony "Mathis der Maler."

Philippe Bianconi first appeared with the Monterey Symphony during the inaugural season at the newly renovated Sunset Center in Carmel in 2004. He played the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto under the baton of then-music director Kate Tamarkin. It ...